Election Facts

April 04, 1989

- When: Tuesday; polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

- What: In Chicago, a special election to pick a successor to Mayor Harold Washington, who died in office, and a runoff 6th Ward aldermanic election for a successor to Eugene Sawyer, who has served as acting mayor since Washington`s death in 1987.

In addition, there will be hundreds of suburban village board, city council, mayoral, park district and library board elections plus 144 referendums on a variety of local issues.

- Where: At polling places throughout the area. To learn the location of your polling place or for other election information in Chicago, call the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, 269-7900 or 269-7976; in suburban Cook County, call 443-5196; in Du Page County, 682-7440; in Lake County, 360-6628; in Will County, 740-4615; in Kane County, 232-5990; and in McHenry County, 338-2074.

- Vote Fraud Complaints: Anyone in the Chicago metropolitan area may complain to the U.S. attorney`s office, 353-3525; the Illinois Board of Elections, 263-7367; or the Illinois attorney general`s office, 917-5586.

Those living in Cook County may call the state`s attorney`s office, 443-7960. Those living in suburban Cook County may also call the county clerk`s office, 443-4748. Those in Chicago may also call the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, 269-7870, or the Chicago corporation counsel`s office, 744-7220.

Du Page County residents may call the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners, 682-7440; in Lake County, the state`s attorney`s office, 360-6644; in Kane County, the Kane County voter registration office, 232-5990; in Will County, the state`s attorney`s office, 727-8872 or 727-8564; and in McHenry County, the county clerk`s office, 338-2074.